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The News You Missed in 2021, From Every Country in the World (Part 1) | Wendover Productions
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A sampling of newspapers' front pages, a stroll through single-digit cable channels,
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2021 was not a fresh start. A sampling of newspapers' front pages, a stroll through single-digit cable channels, a scroll through your trusted news sites—all advance the same sentiment. A new year doesn't mean a new world—a fresh fourth digit doesn't refresh the headlines.
Rather, 2021 was a year of new stories evolving—of headlines maturing. Pandemic stories went from panic and uncertainty over the virus, to panic and uncertainty over the vaccine and its rollout. Stories on paper product shortages turned into headlines outlining outright supply chain
chaos—coverage of police violence, racial injustice, and subsequent protests moved from the streets and into the courtroom. The strongest point of continuity from last year to this year, however, was that a host of stories burnt so bright that they left little oxygen for smaller ones to breathe.
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